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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"indigenous forests"”.
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Vulnerability of Indigenous Forests in Changing Landscapes
Indigenous forests all over the world are suffering habitat alteration, loss of original extensions, and increase of isolation levels, affecting their existence and sustainability. In New Zealand about 70% of the original forest cover has been destroyed since human settlement, converting them to a …
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Sustainable management of indigenous forests on private land in New Zealand
Indigenous forests in New Zealand are nationally and internationally recognized as significant and highly valuable ecosystems. They are the country's most biologically diverse ecosystems, containing 70% of New Zealand's biomass and contributing to New Zealand's heritage and green image. They are …
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A quantitative and qualitative study of the indigenous forests of the southwestern Cape
… Taylor, 1978). Early botanists referred to the forests as containing 'tropical' species in contrast to the temperate Cape flora (Acocks, 1953; Phillips, 1931). However, White (1978) showed that these forests were overwhelmingly afromontane in species composition; an effect of increasing latitude …
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Are forests restricted by nutrient poor soils? : an analysis of soil nutrient stocks and associated vegetation in the fynbos biome, South Africa
… biomass. The lack of substantial tracts of woody forests has long puzzled ecologists, although patchy nutrient distribution and fire disturbance are thought to play a role. The issue has been confounded in the recent past by the invasion of non-indigenous woody plants into formerly low stature …
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The colonisation of fynbos and disturbed sites by indigenous forest communities in the Southern Cape
The area covered by indigenous forests in the Southern Cape has been and is still diminishing as a result of 1 road construction (for example, 28 ha of indigenous' forest has recently been clear-felled for a new highway), power lines, settlements, fires (man-made and natural, for example the fires …
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To defend ourselves: common property management of forests in northern Thailand
… planning for forest areas occupied and used by indigenous people. It is being recognized as important to integrate customary law, such as common property rights to forest lands, into the framework of national policy. However, while this is being recognized on a theoretical level, there have been …
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Ingonyuluka ngelingafelwa nkonyane kwaMhlabuyalingana kwelaseMakhathini
… and values found in this area: mountain ranges, indigenous forests and rivers that beautify the area. In addition, it also gives types of grass that easily adapt in the area which assist in curing ailments in people and help them creating jobs through hand crafts. It also tells more about the …
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Initial assessment of the polyphagous shot hole borer (PSHB) in indigenous Afrotemperate forests
… in the country. It has also started moving into indigenous forests of the southern Cape attacking native trees. However, as the beetle is known to attack a wide variety of trees, with varying levels of damage to different species, its impact in native forests cannot be predicted. This study aimed …
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The biogeography and trophic roles of coastal marine sponges (Porifera) from the west coast of the North Island, New Zealand: Influences of catchments.
… to rivers with a relatively large coverage of indigenous forests as opposed to reef systems adjacent to modified and urbanized catchments. An examination of the effects of several physico-chemical factors including turbidity, total phosphorus, total nitrogen, and Escherichia coli presence (an …